ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 207, 27 May 1920, Page 7

ASSOCIATION

GOVERNING BODY'S REVIEW

OVERSEAS TOURS

, ITho annual report of the Now Zoaland Football ABBOciation ptates that •• robably i no sport was-hit harder by the war than tho Association partfe, but a bis: revival is' looked for all over the Dominion. . The: . demobilisation of tho soldiers and the , possible inttuoc of numbcrß of immigrants In tho near future should heln to make ■ this possible, There is a tremendous re- ,' vival of tho Soccer code in England it the ■ nreßent time, and this should be felt here , sooner or later. At the same time, it ;I the youth of the country which must be encouraged to play Soccfar. This waß clearly shown daring the war, when the ■ four bis cities viero able to carry on the Came with players under 20 years of are; while thoao • associations who had no 'junior grades became non-existent. On the whole, the prowess made in the schools, both primary and secondary, is not satisfactory, one of tho chief difficulties Wean? the need foi> school teachers who understand the Association cade. Dur- ., ing the early part of the 1919 ne.i3on the association wont fully into tho ouestim of schools football, and as a. result rules ,for. a competition between secondary schools were drawn up. Unfortunately, nothing further could be done, though the association now possesses the nccesßary tnoney to purchase a trophy, ShanKs to ithcr generosity of two keen supporters of .' the game. To the council's way of think- '■ ing Bchools football 1b one of the branches | i of the sport most capable of (treat development,, and really too great attention : cannot be given to what thio future of the gamo depends upon. Such is 'ho import-ance-of this question that both tne übbo- ■ elation'and affiliated contre's 6hould set ;up strong committees to deal with this .matter, not merely sub-committees ' rppointed from tire management committees, ;but strong and, if necessary, Independent boards, -to deal -with the wholo Bubject. TJhe visits mada to Eneland and the Foot;ball Association by Messrs. ■F. J. Oonr:tney and B. It. Salmon were used to pro'rnoto the question iof a visit of an Knp'llsh team to tour New Zealand and Australia. Together with the association's representative in London, Mr. A. E. Glbbn, .both Messrs. Courtney and Salmon went carefully into the question with the F.A. secretary, Mr. F. J. Wall, and thero is no Idoubd that a; team of the rlnht calibro oan bo socurted to make the tour In any •future year. But wo in tho colonics must the tour entirely, and,' further, .tho organisation, both hero arid in Australia, must bo perfected, otherwise no such toar will ever take place. The English Association is not in a- position 10 help with the financing of the tour, and associations who favour the. visit of an English team must bo prepared to find their share 'of th!o eipense "hould such a ,visit eventuate. The English F.A. hail • postponed further consideration of a visit to Australasia until their South Afriaun . torn* is disposed of. Further, ihe F.A. considers that they must deal with 'he Commonwealth F.A. «s far as Australasia la concerned, and as this body has been inactive durine the war. a little time must ■ elapse before the organisation -is again on a business footing thero. A visit of a team from New South Wales I will have the immediate attention of the incoming council. The oronoaal to be considered is for a tour in 1921.- . .

WT&LINGTON ASSOCIATION. The Wellington Football Association met last night, the chairmun (Mr. W, Auld) presiding. ■ Y.M.O.A. A senior toam wrote protesting against the decision ef tho referee in their match against Diamonds on May 15. In not allowing a eoal for a penalty kick which -was taken and put throuuh' by 0. Ballard, captain of the Y.M.O.A. team. It was decided to uphold the protest, ftnd ;Instead.of a draw the game has been awarded to Y.M.O.A. ' , Jt', was decided that schools matches enould commence on June 4. ' A. request from tho Otaso 'Association that a Bohool team be sent to Dunedin during: the comiw? eoason wag held over until Juno 25 for consideration. • The secretary of the New Zealand Footfall Association wrote calling attention to tho fad, ihat some referees do not penalise .goal-keepers for bouncing the ball on *????'■ » and also,'that they blow their whistles for off-aide when a man is only ia an off-aide position. Ho stated thatthe council had deoided to ißsue' in"il^ 10 ? 8 t0 ths « ffect that keejA-B shotfhVbe penalised for • this-brewh, and that play should not be stopped unless a man when off-side interferes with mm ponent or plays. The letter was referred I.) the Referees' Association. Rovers Olub was granted permission to ch h Blenheim and Chriat■lt; iras: decided to Tvrite to' Auckland to" Shf e r i/ U U, e , ( 19 , "the ,'date' for the Brown ■™i£ A ™ k l ana v. -Wellington, and to apply for the use of the Basin He servo on that date. ' , w£X est from L3 ? !I Bav School for a football waß aranted. ,« «<i « It was decided to play two pam&s on Assoctation Park on June 5 (KineVßhth. day). Representatives of Town v. Country and Swifts y . Blenheim.' The bortwm- « vZm° b0 asked to W^oXMessrs. A. E) Wells and 0. Webster wern constituted a sub-committee to ro into 4b f'"" «f extendi,* Association Park b* ailing up where necessary.